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<p>Hello BW Policy Committee members,</p>
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<p>It has been too long since you have heard from me; for that I apologize. Other commitments and challenges in my life have had to take priority and I have just not had the time to keep plugging away at the policy committee work, important though it is. <br>
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<p>Those of you not on the board may not know that I tendered my resignation from the Bike Winnipeg board as of this month's AGM. I had been hoping that, prior to then, I could push forward even slightly on the work done to date towards a Snow clearing / winter
cycling network maintenance policy but I have been unsuccessful. <br>
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<p>Therefore, I am attaching the 16 pages of notes that I collected from various relevant sources (many originally from Mark) as well as a partial early draft of a position statement that I shared with Mark a month ago. Hopefully this will help guide future
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<p>At our last meeting in January, in addition to my work on snow clearing, Gord was focusing on a position statement related to a one metre passing distance, and Bill was working towards a way marking position statement. I have not heard if either of these
drafts are at a point that they could be shared with the Committee.</p>
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<p>Given that both Bill and I will be leaving the board imminently, I will leave it up to Ian who is continuing on as Co-Chair to contact the remaining Policy Members following the AGM. Hopefully there will be some fresh "blood" on the Board and Committee
to move this work forward.</p>
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<p>I want to thank all of you for your efforts over this past year in particular. Although I am disappointed that I stalled out in 2017, we did get 5 position statements approved by the board in 2016, so a positive start was made.</p>
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<p>Though I will be formally leaving Bike Winnipeg, I want to continue to contribute where I can to cycling efforts in our city, so I hope I will run into you along the way.</p>
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<p>All the best,</p>
<p>Laura Donatelli<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Laura Donatelli <omojean98@hotmail.com><br>
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<b>To:</b> Bike Winnipeg Board<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Resignation</font>
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<p>Dear Mark and fellow board members,</p>
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<p>Despite my previous agreement to stay on the board past April, I have now come to the conclusion that I must resign as a director as of the April/17 AGM. I do hope that there will be others who step up to fill the vacancies that exist. I have very much
enjoyed my past 3 years on the board and am committed to continuing to support cycling advocacy and activities in Winnipeg as my volunteer time allows.
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<p>Laura<br>
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